Roussillon in full colour

Painting holidays in Roussillon

Dates and Destinations

May 19th – 26th 2018 : Roussillon in the LanguedocPainting in the Luberon/Languedoc, one of the hearts of Provence! I have a wonderful villa at my disposal for this period. The amazing red and yellow ochre rocks in contrast with the bright red poppies and the purple of the lavender are a must at this time of year. Close to the beautiful village of Bonnieux there are many places to vist and paint, The price per person is €1950, shared €1750. This trip is already being booked so please hurry if you are interested!

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Tess knows her countryside and her palette very well… She took us to all of the most picturesque places, carefully chosen to capitalize on the weather conditions and our levels of skill, to develop our individual strengths and styles and to challenge us to new levels. I highly recommend a week with Tessa to learn, enjoy, paint, sight-see (and shop, eat and wine-taste!) and let yourself be inspired and challenged as well as spoiled and amazed – at all of the beauty, fun, laughter, great results and good times! I would go back in a minute – any day!

Roussillon in Provence

Your Art Course in Roussillon:
An Overview of the Week

As always our week begins with the pick from the Airport or Train Station. The nearest airports are Avignon and Marseille, and the nearest TGV station is in Avignon. We cannot pick you up anywhere else!

Saturday
Pick up and dinner at the villa.

Sunday
We stay at the villa and you are taught water colour tecniques. We also cover perspective and composition all of these will be continued to be taught during you week with me. Lunch and dinner at the Villa. Time to swim and walk talk and drink local rose.

Monday
Unable to resist the temptation of Roussillon’s beautiful colour. I will teach you colour mixing in the morning and simple drawing techniques to paint a village scene. We will go back to the Villa for lunch and in the afternoon go back to the rocks of Roussillon to paint their amazing formations. Hard work is rewarded with a swim and a sumptious dinner at the villa.

Tuesday
We will leave villa for the day taking our picnic lunch with us. I want to teach you to paint the roof tops of Goult and the views beyond. Back to the Villa for a swim and rest before going to Lourmarin’s evening farmers market. We shall have dinner in the Villa.

Wednesday
A day of painting at home. The villa is surrounded by vineyards and lavender so no matter what time of year we paint here there are always paintings to be painted.

Thursday
A day out in two of the villages. Lacoste in the morning with its extra-ordinary views and pretty little streets and a strange history! We will have our picnic lunch at one of the amazing views and in the afternoon we go to my favourite village Menebres.

Friday
A day to collect ourselves, review the week and work on any of the paintings you would like help with and to finish. Cocktails and a special goodbye meal will be at the Villa.

Saturday
Fond farewells and we take you back either to the airport or the train station.

The price for this trip is €2300 per person €2000 sharing and €1950 per non participating partner.

Roof tops in Goult

Amazing sunsets waiting to be painted in Rousillon.

Accomodation at the Villa

I am so excited that we are renting this beautiful Villa from Yvan it’s delightful owners whose parents were both artists themselves. We will also have the opportunity to meet with one of Roussillons local artists Jolaine Meyer( you can google her amazing work) who is kindly showing us her work and studio and she only lives a few minutes away.